Straight to the Heart (Crystal Gayle album)

Straight to the Heart
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1986
Studio
  • Sound Stage Studios, The Loft and Bullet Recording (Nashville, Tennessee).
GenreCountry
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
ProducerJim Ed Norman
Crystal Gayle chronology
Nobody Wants to Be Alone
(1985)
Straight to the Heart
(1986)
A Crystal Christmas
(1986)

Straight to the Heart is the thirteenth album by the American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in August 1986, it peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

Two singles from the album, "Cry" and "Straight to the Heart", both reached number 1 on the Country Singles Chart in 1986. Further hits were "Nobody Should Have To Love This Way" at number 26, and "Only Love Can Save Me Now" at number 11. Three songs: "Deep Down", "Lonely Girl” and "Cry" were performed on several episodes of the daytime drama Another World in 1987, with Gayle appearing as herself.